it's an excuse people use to justify exploiting their middle class privilege in a hyper-consumerist society whilst also claiming to still be anti-capitalist. I literally don't know how people can argue otherwise.

There are, however, two arguments that are conflated. One is that left wing people shouldn't buy products made by MNCs which is too sweeping a statement, the other is that left wing people shouldn't buy into branding everything else related to post-industrial hyper consumerism. Which is almost so unbelievably obvious that i can't believe it has to be stated.

I can't understand why people would queue in this manner for the new iPhone (or any electronic gadget) either. But: what's going on in the Middle East and people queuing for an iPhone are TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THINGS.

See also: people on your friends list on Facebook that manage to find a link between every item in the news and Our Boys In Afghanistan. The riots? Our Boys would show them what real men are. Overpaid footballers? A disgrace not on account of large amounts of money generated by greedy satellite companies, and the rise of agents, and the increases in ticket fees that everyone has accepted rather than boycotting their clubs... no, a disgrace to Our Boys.

I didn't mean to imply a connection between the two events, but to list two random examples of human activity I consider stupid. A lighthearted wail at idiocy, or something like that. And some people have a weird definition of plus-size.

but you're also wrong, you've clearly owned every iPhone at launch so you haven't been subjected to a wave of cunts showing you how the latest version of their phone is superior to you and everything you've lived for up until this point.

Well, I was in the pub and I left to get the bus and it was ten to midnight and Waterstones was across the road so I thought fuck it. Was only queuing for like 20 minutes anyway.

It was just by where Ghetto used to be though so there was the rather unedifying sight of a really hammered 19 year old dude in fairy wings and a tiara screaming abuse at small children. One kid's dad told him to fuck off and he started screaming *HATE CRIME"!!!!!!!!* until his very embarrassed friends dragged him off.

but had some time to kill at lunch and felt like a walk, so went to have a look at it.
1) they're now all penned up in front of the apple store, not very far
2) the whooping and hi fiving on the way in is really, really embarassing and creepy, just to humanity in general, so i'll give you all a pass